Kate & Paul (Sobolewski) are among the musicians performing Saturday in a benefit for Phinneus McKenna, a 9-year-old boy diagnosed with PNET, a rare form of cancer.

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David Schmidt of Hackettstown loves his family. He also loves music. Those two passions are now coming together in a way he would never have expected a few months ago.

Schmidt's 9-year-old grandson, Phinneus McKenna has been diagnosed with stage 4 of PNET (primitive neuroectodermal tumor). This rare form of cancer of the brain and spine targets young males.

That diagnosis came in February, less than a month after Schmidt was visiting his daughter, Jill McKenna, and her family, who live in Arroyo Grande, Calif. "It was right after New Year's, and I was watching (Phinneus) play football," ...